Recap of Week 9: End of 2024 Session
It has been a pleasure to write to you every week and share the 2024 Florida legislative happenings. We started this session nine weeks ago with high hopes that we would see …
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Recap of Week 8 & Preview of Week 9 of Session
Emotions: Session’s Final Days of Debate
This past week in the legislature has been an emotional week with legislators discussing bills that dealt with the Florida Dozier School for …
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Recap of Week 7 & Preview of Week 8 of Session
We have just two weeks remaining before the Florida legislative session’s scheduled conclusion on March 8. The budget negotiations between the two chambers will be in high gear and …
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Recap of Week 6 & Preview of Week 7 of Session
With three weeks of Session left there are 711 general bills that have not been heard in any of their committees. For those of you that are students of …
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Recap of Week 5 & Preview of Week 6 of Session
Last week marked the halfway point of Session and the last time House subcommittees will meet this year. Bills that have not moved through one committee, or do not …
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Recap of Week 4 & Preview of Week 5 of Session
We are at the midway point now of the Florida Legislature’s nine-week session! I have had lots of you call and write to ask how you can help. That …
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Recap of Week 3 & Preview of Week 4 of Session
Last week (Week 3 of Session) kicked off with a noticeable uptick in the number of committee meetings and bills heard in those committees as legislators are diving into …
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Recap of Week 2 & Preview of Week 3 of Session
Week 2 of the Legislative Session kicked off under unusually cold temperatures in the Capitol City. With observance of the holiday on Monday, the Legislature’s activities were even more …
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Recap of Week 1 & Preview of Week 2 of Session
Last week concluded the first week of the 2024 nine week regular session of the Florida Legislature. Last Monday, I had the pleasure of talking to about a dozen …
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Start of Florida’s 2024 Regular Legislative Session
Lawmakers have already started arriving in Tallahassee for tomorrow’s (January 9, 2024) start of the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session. The Governor, in his recently proposed budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, included two …
